The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-17
Fashion Notes.

Transparent dress materials are mad
up over Innings of tinted surah.
Lustrous light weight mohairs ar
again used for travelling dresses.
Very small ornamental-headed pin
are very much used for dress purposes.
Coarse straws in mixed coIors OF
monochrome are favored by young la.
dies.
A bride furnishes the household
linen and has it marked in her own In
itials.
Detachable collars and cuffs of vel
vet and velveteen are worn with wash
frocks.
The immense variety of parasols is one
of the prettiest features of this seasons
fashions.
White dress fabrics of all kinds, but
especially white wash goods, are in de-
mand just now.
Even the gauntlets of long gloves are
dotted and barred in some cases to match
the toilet this season.
The favorite pin and brooch of the
Partisan woman is ornamented with one
or several dogs heads.
Red jackets or English "pinkn coats
are the stylish wear for young girls at
the seashore or mountains.
Exquisite costumes entirely of lace,
with hat to match, are worn over under
slips and skirts of tinted surah.
An odd girdle which excited much at
tention when worn by a New York lady
was in semblance of a boa constructor.
A very pretty new fabric is the rigone
with a little figure in raised loom en-
broidery. This is in a variety of colors.
Small bonnets and tiny toques and
turbans and very large Directoire hats
are the favorites in millinery this sum-
mer.
The Partisan safety pin for dressy pur-
poses has pearls, crystal, amber, coral,
and other beads strung on its connecting
wire.
Elephant color is combined with a deli
cate French gray with somewhat good
effect In a costume of fine silky cash
mere.
Three fabrics in-one garment is quite
allowable this season. One is of woollen,
one of silk and sometimes the third is of
velvet.
A white alpaca costume trimmed with
brands of Powered bengaline made a
stylish and becoming costume for a
young lady.
Jubilee plaids, very big and very
ugly, are the rage of the moment in
England and Scotland, but not in the
Emerald Isle.
A costume of bright red crapeline is
stylish and picturesque. 1t may be
trimmed very effectively with bands of
lowered bengaline.
Berege into which are woven threads |
of silver or gold is seen in combination
with some plain fabric in very elegant
imppeEte9.
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Bound hats have a rather bizarre
fashion of turning flat up against the
crown on one side this season, and all
the trimming is massed there.
Large flats Of lace, white and cream
colored, made up of lace founces over
white millet frames, make the cool
est and most becoming of all summer
hats.
Large artificial butterflies; made of
gauze of feathers and tinsel, with
tiny jeweled eyes and penciled wings,
are prettily worn in the hair on dressy
occasions.
A lace fiat requires no outside trim
ming, but two or three large roses or
bows of tinted ribbon under the brim
give the dash of color and the suggestion
Of ornamentation needed.
The most dainty of youthful bonnets
made of rows of Tuscan straw laid on
open frame with puffings of Grape de-
chine or tulle in between. A posy of
small flowers makes a dainty trimming
for this pretty bonnet.
The printed India silks with a fancy
printed also, and arranged for
make the most stylish and at
t~ractive costumes for summer afternoon
Velvet panels and cuffs give
character to the costume.
There IS quite an effort to popularize
Ie~g-of-mutton and bishops sleeves, but
he tight coat sleeve, in one or another
'orm, holds its place among fashionable
md questionable people, but nowadays
t is not tight, but loose above the ell
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